I am trying to compile some ACPI tables, and I observed that

if I specify less minimal tables/asl as Sources for ACPI tables module INF file

(resulting in less size of overall module), compilation fails with below error:

build.py...
 : error F003: Output file for RAW section could not be found for Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf

To reproduce this issue,

1) Apply below patch (just keeping Fadt.c here as example;

Other ways: just keep ASL file after removing some objects to reduce file size; or keep combination of .c and .asl files - **as long as these files are small**):

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diff --git a/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf b/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf
index f140febc4a..1a489a0a8a 100644
--- a/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf
+++ b/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf
@@ -16,13 +16,8 @@
   VERSION_STRING                 = 1.0

 [Sources]
-  Dsdt.asl
-  Dbg2.aslc
-  Spcr.aslc
   Fadt.aslc
-  Gtdt.aslc
   Madt.aslc
-  AcpiSsdtRootPci.asl          # Juno R1 specific

 [Packages]
   ArmPkg/ArmPkg.dec

2) Now compile the module:

export PACKAGES_PATH=`pwd`/edk2-platforms/

build   -a AARCH64 -t GCC5 -p Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/ArmJuno.dsc -m Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf

Processing meta-data .
Architecture(s)  = AARCH64
Build target     = DEBUG
Toolchain        = GCC5

Active Platform          = /projects/uefi/edk2-platforms/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/ArmJuno.dsc
Active Module            = /projects/uefi/edk2-platforms/Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf
...

build.py...
 : error F003: Output file for RAW section could not be found for Platform/ARM/JunoPkg/AcpiTables/AcpiTables.inf

- Failed -
Build end time: 17:44:14, Jan.28 2021
Build total time: 00:00:04

Can anyone help understand this behavior?

Regards,

Abhishek